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| Provedor de dados: |
OMA
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| País: |
Belgium
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| Título: |
Morphology of the pectoral girdle in <i>Pomatoschistus lozanoi</i> De Buen, 1923 (Gobiidae), in relation to pectoral fin adduction
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| Autores: |
Adriaens, D.
Decleyre, D.
Verraes, W.
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| Data: |
1993
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| Ano: |
1993
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Animal morphology Fins Pomatoschistus lozanoi (de Buen
1923) [Lozano's goby]
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| Resumo: |
Like most gobies, <i>Pomatoschistus lozanoi</i> is a benthic fish species. During locomotion the pectoral fin adduction is of great importance in generating a forward propulsion. Several specimens of <i>Pomatoschistus lozanoi</i> were dissected, cleared with staining and sectioned with staining, in order to examine the morphology of the pectoral girdle-apparatus. In this paper a detailed description is given of the skeletal elements, the musculature and the ligaments of the pectoral girdle-apparatus. The pectoral fins of gobies seem better adapted to powerful adduction than a generalised teleost. The proximal radials form a large rigid shoulder plate with a long distal margin on which a high pectoral fin articulates. The fin muscles are strongly developed and assure, together with the large pectoral fin, powerful- drag based- pectoral propulsion. The morphological adaptations for powerful adduction, however, are at cost of the maneuvering abilities of the pectoral fins.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=1640
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| Fonte: |
%3Ci%3EBelg.+J.+Zool.+123%282%29%3C%2Fi%3E%3A+135-157
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
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